Medical Records and Health Information Technician Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of medical records and health information technicians in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of medical records and health information technicians in Fort Worth-Arlington is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2020 and published in April 2021 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Medical Records and Health Information Technicians in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,820
25th Percentile Wage
$31,930
50th Percentile Wage
$38,690
75th Percentile Wage
$53,450
90th Percentile Wage
$71,800

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical records and health information technicians in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $71,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,820.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical records and health information technicians from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$38,690
2.53% 14.16%
2016
$37,710
0.45% -
2015
$37,540
4.90% -
2014
$35,700
0.42% -
2013
$35,550
6.58% -
2012
$33,210
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Table 2. Compare Medical Records and Health Information Technician Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,690 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for medical records and health information technicians in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of medical records and health information technicians in Fort Worth-Arlington is 14.7 percent (14.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and 29.4 percent (29.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Wichita Falls.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$45,340
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$42,680
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$41,430
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$40,630
Tyler
$40,210
Abilene
$40,070
El Paso
$39,590
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$39,510
Victoria
$39,260
San Angelo
$38,970
Fort Worth-Arlington
$38,690
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$37,310
Lubbock
$36,120
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$36,080
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$36,000
Odessa
$35,450
Midland
$35,420
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$35,090
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$34,100
Amarillo
$33,380
Sherman-Denison
$33,320
Corpus Christi
$32,920
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$32,030
Waco
$31,900
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$31,360
Texarkana-Texarkana
$30,990
Laredo
$30,980
Longview
$30,950
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$30,480
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$29,980
College Station-Bryan
$28,950
Brownsville-Harlingen
$27,960
Wichita Falls
$27,310